Hoist with their own petard: The German capture of Fort Douaumont and its effect on the Battle of Verdun 1916

Hoist with their own petard: The German capture of Fort Douaumont and its effect on the Battle of Verdun 1916 – a Zoom talk by Chrtistina Noyes.

The surprise capture of Fort Douaumont - at first sight a triumph - changed the offensive's centre of gravity and forced the Germans to extend the battle to the flanks, locking them into a deadly slogging match far from the swift blow that the German High Command had intended. The talk describes the capture of the most important fort in the Verdun system and explains how the need to hold it locked the Germans into a situation from which there was no escape. (ZOOM)

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